From the *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Programs for Applied Biomedicine, Division of Clinical Medical Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, †Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hiroshima City Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, and the ‡Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hiroshima General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
Acknowledgment date: September 20, 2004. Acceptance date: October 12, 2004.
The manuscript submitted does not contain information about medical device(s)/drug(s).
No funds were received in support of this work. No benefits in any form have been or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this manuscript.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Kazuyoshi Nakanishi, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Programs for Applied Biomedicine, Division of Clinical Medical Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Kasumi 1-2-3, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan; E-mail: [email protected]
